Screened bed having vertical pivots



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SCREENED BED HAVING VERTICAL PIVOTS. vAPPLICATION FILED NON. 20. i913. RENEWED FEB. 2 0, 920

Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

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W. C. JAMES.

SCREENED BED HAVING VERTICAL PIVOTS. l APPLICATIONTILED Nov. 2o. 1913. RENEwED FEB. 2o, 1920.

Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

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WILLARD C. JAMES, OF LOS ANGELESCALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK L. IBELKNAP, A OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SCREENED BED HAVING: VERTICAL PIVOTS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

VPatented Sept. 21, 1920.

Application filed November 20, 1913, Serial No. 82,19.Y Renewed February 20, 1920. Serial No. 360,071.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ViLLAnD C. JAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Screened Bed Having Vertical Iivots, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to structures of the class shown in my previous applications for Letters Patent of the United States for wall beds, Serial No. 722112, filed September 24;, 1912; Serial Nos. 727608 and 727609, filed October l2, 1912; and masled bed, Serial No. 771545, filed June 3, 1913, in which I have shown various constructions comprising the combination with a pivotal support, of a bed frame and connections between the bed frame and support for permitting both rectilinear and rotary movement of the frame relative to the support'in a substanf tially horizontal plane, it being designed that the handling of the bed can be thereby accomplished with greater ease andl with greater freedom of movement than with other bed constructions.

Objects of the invention are to increase the convenience of storing the bedstead; to increase the ease of moving the storable bedstead from stored position to position for use, and vice versa; to make provision for storing the bedstead more completely out of the way by means that are less obtrnsive and less in the way than those heremfom Provided; to provide for use ofthey bedstead on eitherside of the storage chamber so that at any time, as during fair or, otherwise agreeable weather, the bedsteadk the bedstead when notvin use.l ,Y

In carrying out this invention provision' is made whereby the bedstead is permanently pivoted inside a closet to top and bottom supports at a considerable distance away from the opening or door-jamb rof the closet or storage chamber, so as to avoidl greater amplitude of movement inside thel storage space may be afforded; and whereby the length of the swinging arms may be materially reduced for any given depth to which the bedstead is to be inserted into the storage chamber and it is made possible to so mount the bedstead and to so arrange it in combination with the Ystructural elements,y

as the closet or chamber walls and doorways and doors, that when one takes hold of a part of the bed frame or bedstead to move it, pressure on the bedstead will cause it to move in the direction of such pressure. That is to say, an object of the invention in part is to avoid liability of encounteringV dead centers in the operation of the bed so that a novice can easily move the bedstead from and restore it to concealed position.

In vthis invention I still employ the jointed members comprising primary and secondary arms, the primary Varms being pivoted to the bedstead as before; but in contradistinction to said previous inventions, I have now conceived of and produced a novel construe# tion wherein the pivotal mounting of the secondary arms can readily be located at considerable distance, say, two feet, more or less, from the opening of the storage chamber, thus avoiding certain objections'present with and securing certain advantages absent from prior storable beds.

A distinction between my former concep-Y tions as disclosed in said former applications and my conception herewith disclosed is that in the former inventions I provided the secondary artis with elbows, so that said secondary could be extended around the door-jamb when the bedstead is out ot the storage chamber, whereas in this invention Vl provide the primary arms with elbows so that said primary arms can be extended around the door-jamb.

In this connection it is noted that I term the arms next to the bed, the primary arms, hat such arms primarily support the bed and are supported in turn by one or more arms, the number and construction of which are varied, to ac :nninodate the bed to various arrangements of sleeping apartments.

In this invention both primary and Secondary a e made of especial importan' e in swinging the bedstead tar into the storage space, but are of value also when istead is out ot storage.

ii feature of this invention in its full development is the pro fision therein of a storage chamber having two openings and provision `for swinging the bedst-ead through one or the other o said openings along either the front or rear side walls of the storage chamber in one case or the other as desired.

To effect the foregoing l have conceived of providing carrier device having a jointed member composee` oiz three arms and the construction is such tl at the primary and secondary arms can be used alone the same as a two-armed member when it is desired to swing the bedstead through one of said openings, the tertiary arm being thrown into commission when it is desired to swing the bedstead through the other ot said openings or when it is desired to swing the bedstead edgewise farther into the storage chamber.

It is noted that by thus being able to swing the bedstead out of the storage chamber along either side thereof, great lconvenience results singe the bedstead may thus be swungfrom the storage chamber into either one of two rooms or a room and a screened porch provided on opposite sides of the storage chamber; thus ral-zing the same bed available alternatively in a plurality of sleeping spaces.

Other objects and advantages may appear as the invention is unfolded in detail in the subioined detail description and it is observed :trom such description taken in connection with the drawings tiled herewith that the advantages derived are partly due to the specific construction of the carrier meribers, partly due to the combination ot ele ents forming the building structure, and also partly due to the combination oi the particular carrier-device and the par ticular arrangement of elements of the building struct-ure.'

rEhe obiects and advantages ot the invern tion may more fully appear from the subjoined detail description.

rhe invention may be variously embodied.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure l is a broken plan view oi one embodiment of the invention, the building structure being shown in section. The bedstead is shown stored in solid lines and other consecutive or alternative positions o" the bedstead are shown in broken lines.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged broken sectional elevation on line indicated by .ce2-m2, Fig. l, the parts being in positions they occupy when the bedstead is unstored.

F ig'. 3 is a. detail partly in section on line indicated by m3, Figs. l and 2.

F 4 is a plan view or" an embodiment ot features of the invention, the building structure being shown in section. The stored position of the bedstead is indicated in solid lines and other consecutive or alternative positions of the bedstead are shown in broken lines.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmei-itary plan of the embodiment shown in Fig. et, the same being in section on line indicated by e5, Fig. 6. Solid lines indicate positions of parts when the bedstead is in unstored position and broken lines indicate consecutive positions of said parts when thebedstoafl is swung into storage.

Fig. 6 is a broken sectional elevation on line indicated by ai, Figs. 4L and the parts being in positions they occupy when the bedstead is unstored.

Fig. 'T is a fragmentary plan section analogous to Fig. 5,'but with the parts near the beginning et' the Vlatch engaging position.

Fig. S is a fragmentary sectional tion on line indicated by 00S, Figs. 5 and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the interlocking latch members shown inthe preceding i'igures.

Arrows on the section lines of the v* views indicate the direction of sight.

The storage'space l in this instance is formed as a. chamber formed in a building structure and comprising a front side wall 2, rear side wall 3, end walls 4, at, floor and ceiling 5". The side wall 2 is a screen be tween the storage space l and the use space Lll and the Vwall 3 is a screen between the storage space l and the use space 3l and around the edge of such screen arbedstead may be swung.

The floor and ceiling form sub and overhead supports and close the bottom and top of the storage space. f

View of the storage space l may be normally prevented by a closure or" any wellknown or desired construction as, for instance, an outwardly swinging door 6 which is hung, as shown in the drawings, so that it will extend normal to the side walls 2, 3 to close an opening a between them; and Va door 6 may be hung so that it will extend in alinement with said wall to close an opening a that may be narrow as shown to form a doorway from the sleeping room 41. It is, of course, understood that the closures may be portieres or sliding doors if desired, but in the drawing only swinging doors are shown.

The storage space or chamber 1 may be used as an ordinary 'closet for holding vclothing and the like, not shown, and is designed to store a bedstead 7 constructed after any suitable design and capable of being stored within the space extending from end to end of the rear face of the front side wall 2, and, in other words, within the area 8 between a plane extending transversely of said wall 2 at the door-jamb 9 and the end wall 4, and said bedstead is pivotally mounted by a primary pivot formed by pins 10 and 11, to a swinging and laterally shiftable carrier-device 12 adapted to swing the bedstead to and from said space and area so that the openings a, a, if both are present, will permit of easy ingress to and egress from the storage space 1. 1t is understood that either door 6, or 6 may be omitted without having the storage space unconcealed.

The carrier-device 12 comprises upper and lower jointed members consisting of upper and lower primary arms 13, 14, and upper and lower secondary arms 15, 16, the joint being formed by a vertical secondary pivot 17 which may be tubular or otherwise as desired, and preferably connects said upper and lower members together.

The secondary arms are connected to one l another by a vertical post or tertiary pivot 18 which may be tubular or otherwise as desired and which is rotatably mounted by a step bearingthat may be fixed to the floor 5 as at 19, Fig. 6, or that may be shiftable relative to said floor as at 19', Fig. 2, said step bearing being at a substantial distance from the door-jamb 9. The jointed members and the bedstead are carried by the pivotal support thus formed.

1n order that the pivotal mounting may be located at a substantial distance from the door-jamb 9, and at considerable distance inside of the storage space 1, I have conceived of providing each of the primary arms 13, 14 with an elbow 20, so that the limbs 21 of the primary arms may extend transverselyof the front wall 2 and so that the limbs 22 of said arms may extend substantially at right angles to the limbs 21 and along the door-jamb 9 or rear face of said front wall when Vthe bedstead is out of storage, as in solid lines Figs. 2, 5 and 6. It is thus seen that the bent primary arms 13, 14 may extend along and embrace two faces of the door-post, or edge of the screening member or wall 2.

1 have shown the secondary arms 15, 16 substantially straight but it is understood that they may be provided with elbows if desired.

1t is observed that when the bedstead is in the stored position designated A and shown by solid lines in Fig. 4, it may be readily swung 4from the storage chamber 1 by simply pulling on the bedstead 7, the construction being such that the secondary pivot 17 is slightly to the rear of a line indicated at b passing through the primary pivots 10, 11 and the post 18, there being a stop designed to deflect an intermediate jointv 17 of the carrier member out of alinement with said pivots 10 and 18. Said stop may be of any suitable character as the wall 2 in Fig. 1, or the pin 24 mounted in the floor 5 in Fig. 4 and is designed to engage the joint of the lower carrier-member so that the primary and secondary arms 13, 15 above, and 14, 16 below, respectively will j ackknife and fold forward toward one another through positions B, C, until the joints of the carrier-members come to rest against a second stop which in this instance is formed by the face 25 of the jamb or front wall, the parts then being in the positions designated D; and thereafter the primary arms alone will swing around the secondary pivot 17 and the bedstead may also beswung on its primary pivot 10, 11 to bring the parts to' the unstored positions designated E where the folding or upending section well known in the art may be lowered for use.

Vhen the bedstead 7 is in the unstored solid line position designated E in Figs. 1, 4 and 5, it may be readily swung into the storage chamber 1 by pushing and turning the bedstead, the primary and secondary arms 13, 15 and 14, 16 respectively then4 j ackknifing and folding forward toward one another tothe position designated F, thus bringing the joint of the lower carrier-member against the stop 24, whereupon further pressure against the bedstead swings the primary arms around the secondary pivot 17 to return the parts to the stored posi-V tion A.

When the joints 17 of the carrier arms 13, 14, 15, 16 are against the face 25 any tendency of said joints to swing away from said face may be entirely overcome by a suitableV latch device illustrated in Figs. 4 to 9 but not necessary and for this purpose there is-provided an automatic latch device comprising interlocking members 26, 27, thev member 26 being stationarily mounted on the amb face 25 and the member 27 turning with the pivot 17 and preferably being formed integral with the lower primary arm 14.

The member 26 is provided with a semicircular tongue 28 designed to engage a semi-circular groove 29` in the member 27, said tongue and groove being concentric with one another and the relative rotative positions of the tongue and groove being such as to hold said tongue and groove in engagement when the parts are in theuse position E, see Figs. 1, 4 and 5, and to continue to hold them in engagement while the arms 14, 13 swing from said position E to inst short of position E shown in Fig. 7, in which latter position E the tongue and groove are disengaged so as to allow swinging of the secondary arms 1G, 15.

From the foregoing it is clear that as the primary arms 1.4, 13 swing about the pivot 1T, the tongue and groove 28, 29 act automat-i cally to latch and unlatch the secondary In Fig. 1 the rear side wall 3 is provided with an opening (Z which may be provided with a suitable closure as an inwardly swinging door or the like; said second opening being provided so that the bedstead 7 may be swung along the outer face of the wall 3 into a suitable space 31 which may be an ordinary room or may be a screened porch of which the screening is indicated at In order to swing the bedstead 7 to the space 31 through the opening CZ I have made provision whereby the carrier-members may be extended to greater lengths than required to swing the bedstead through the openings a and a and to effect this I connect the tertiary pivot 13 by upper and lower tertiary arms 33, to a fourth pivot 35 that is rotatably mounted by a step bearing 36 or the like on the Hoor 5, and that carries the jointed members 13, 15, 33, above and-14, 16, 34 below.

As it maybe desirable at times to use only the primary and secondary arms to effect movement of the bedstead through positions corresponding to the different p sitions A, B, C, D, E, Fie'. 4, and F 5 provision is made for holding the tertiary arms 33, 34 against movement so that the operation of the device in Fig. 1 may be made to correspond with the operation of the device in Fig. 4, and for this purpose the swinging end of the upper tertiary arm 33 is provided with a tooth in the form of a pin 37 designed to be releasably engaged by a latch hook 38 which is pivoted to a bracket 39 that is fastened to the rear face of the wall 2.

In Fig. 2 the pivot 35 and in Fig. 6 the pivot 18 are shown extending substantially from the floor 5 to the ceiling 5 and the pivot in either case is held against tipping by a bracket, step or bearing 40 which may be bolted or otherwise fastened to the ceiling or other suitably located support.

From the foregoing it is clear that when it is desired to unstore the bedstead 7 the operator will swing the bedstead from position through successive positions B, C and I) to the unstored position E as in Fig. 4, or that the operator will swing the bedstead from the deep stored position G where it is shown in solid lines-in Fig. 1, through positions H and J to the unstored or use position E, when it is desired to use the bedstead in the room 41; or that the operator may swing the bedstead from the stored position G, Fig. l, through position K to the unstored reverseaise position L when it is desired to use the bedstead in the space 31.

The operator may swing the bedstead 7 in Fig. 1 to the storage chamber 1 from position E to a position corresponding to the stored position A in Fig. 4 by first adjusting the latch hook 38 to engage the pin 37to hold the pivot 18 against swinging, and then operating the bedstead as hereinbefore described to swing the primary arms 13, 14 through a position corresponding to position E Fig. 7 and position F Fig. 5 to said corresponding A position.

The bedstead may be pivoted on a horizontal pivot to open and close by any suitable means as, for instance, by the construction shown by my previous invention for wall beds, filed October 24, 1912, Serial No. 727,609, and as the construction of the horizontal pivoting means is immaterial to the operation of this invention such means are not herein described or shown.

It is particularly pointed out that not only can the bed be detracted to a position between the opening a and the end wall 4 but that the entire carrier-device 12 can be retracted to a considerable distance from the opening and that by the novel combination ot' the particular building structures and the particular carrier-devices, carrier arms et minimum length, say about nine inches, may be employed to eect perfect concealment of the bedstead and carrierdevice when stored.

Each of the arms 13, 14, 15, 16, 33 and 34 is less length than the distance between the supporting pivot and the edge of the screen 2 past which the bed is adapted to swing.

I claim:

1. The combination with a storage chamber having a door-jamb, of a bedstead, a primary arm pivoted to the bedstead and provided with an elbow permitting said arm to extend along two faces of the doorjamb, and a secondary arm pivoted to the primary arm and pivotally mounted in the storage chamber at a substantial distance from said door-jamb, so that the bedstead may be carried by the primary arm from the storage chamber to a position for use and may be in such a position when the primary arm is extended along said two faces.

2. The combination with a building structure having a storage chamber provided with an opening, of a post pivotally mounted in the storage chamber at a substantial distance from said opening, a secondary arm mounted on the post, a primary arm pivoted to the secondary arm and designed to extend transversely through said opening, and a bedstead pivoted to said primary arm.

3. The combination with the front and rear walls of a storage chamber, of a bedstead, and a carrier device pivotally supported within the storage chamber and designed to swing the bedstead from the outer face of one of said walls to the outer face of the other wall.

4L. rThe combination with a structure forming a storage chamber, of a bedstead, and a carrier device pivotally supported within the storage chamber andv designed to swing the bedstead from one position outside of the storage chamber to a reverse position outside of said chamber.

5. The combination with the walls of a storage chamber, of a bedstead; a carrier device pivotally supported within the storage chamber and pivotally connected with the bedstead, said carrier device being adapted to swing the bedstead from the storage chamber alternatively to a position for use outside of one of the walls or to a position for use outside of another of said walls.

6. The combination with the side walls of a storage chamber, of a bedstead, a primary arm pivoted to the bedstead, a secondary arm pivoted to the primaryarm, a tertiary arm pivoted to the secondary arm, and a pivotal mounting for the tertiary arm between said walls, said arms and pivots adapting the bedstead to be swung from. a position between the walls to a position Jfor use outside of either of said walls.

7. The combination with a wall, of a bedstead, a jointed carrier member, a pivot connecting said carrier member to the bedstead,

'a pivotal mounting for the carrier member, and a stop designed to deflect the joint ofA the carrier-member out of alinement with said pivots when the carrier member is extended along said wall.

8. The combination with a storage chamber having an opening, of a bedstead, a carrier member having a joint and pivoted to the bedstead, a pivotal mounting for th"| carrier member inside of the storage chamber, and means forming a stop for the joint at the margin of the opening so that the bedstead will swing around said joint.

9. The combination with a storage chamber having an opening, of a bedstead, a carrier member having a joint and pivoted to the bedstead, a pivotal mounting for the carrier member inside of the storage cham.

ber, means forming a stop for the joint at the margin of the opening, and means operatable by movement of the carrier member to latch the joint against movement away from said stop as ythe bedstead swings around said joint.

l0. A wall bed comprising a bedstead, a carrier device connected to the bedstead and formed of primary and secondary arms pivoted to one another, a pivotal mounting for the secondary arm, a stationarily mounted latch member, and another latch member on the primary arm designed to engage said stationary latch membery to prevent swinging of the secondary arm when the primary arm is swung relative to said secondary arm.

ll. A wall bed comprising a bedstead, a carrier device connected to the bedstead and formed of primary and secondary arms pivoted to one another, said primary arm being provided with a curved groove, a pivotal mounting for the secondary arm, and a stationarily mounted bracket having a curved tongue to engage said groove while the primary arm turns relative to the secondary arm.

l2. ln combination, a primary arm, a secondary armv pivoted to the primary arm, a bedstead hung on the primary arm, and a shiitable step bearing supporting the pivot.

13. ln combination, a primary arm, a secondary arm pivoted to the primary arm, a bedstead hung on the primary arm, a tertiary arm pivoted to the secondary arm, r1- caster to shiftably support the pivot connecting the tertiary and secondary arms to one another, and a pivotal mounting for the tertiary arm.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 15th day of November, 1913. Y

WILLARD C. JAMES.

ln presence of- JAMns R. TowNsnND, GEORGE H. HILEs. 

